LEARN + CHINESE / 31 of 300 HSK 2
Wait a Few Minutes, Stay a Few Years 分钟
Your friend asks how long you’ve been waiting, then how long you’ve lived in your apartment. Put a number before a duration word such as 分钟, 天, 周, or 年. These answer “how long?”; compare time and frequency for words like “first,” “again,” and “right now.”
我想我们还是再多等三十分钟吧。
wǒ xiǎng wǒmen háishi zài duō děng sānshí fēnzhōng ba。
I think we had better wait another thirty minutes.
我在这里住了三十年了。
wǒ zài zhèlǐ zhù le sānshí nián le。
I have lived here for thirty years.
我等了你两个小时，差点儿以为你不来了。
wǒ děng le nǐ liǎng ge xiǎoshí, chàdiǎnr yǐwéi nǐ bù lái le.
I waited two hours for you and almost thought you weren’t coming.
这三周我学到了很多东西。
zhè sān zhōu wǒ xuédào le hěn duō dōngxī。
I’ve learned a lot over these three weeks.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
fēnzhōng | minute (duration) |
nián | year |
tiān | sky; day |
zhōu | week |
xiǎoshí | hour |
bàn | half |
děng | to wait |
chàdiǎnr | almost |
dōngxi | thing; object |
wǒmen | we; us |
háishi | or; still |
zhèlǐ | here |
liǎng ge xiǎoshí | two hours |
sānshí fēnzhōng | thirty minutes |
zhù | to live; stay |
xuéxí | to study |
shàngkè | to attend class |
lǚxíng | to travel |
duōjiǔ | how long |
shíjiān | time |
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